The “W” looks like two V’s, it sounds almost like a V.
Yet we call it double U, instead of double V.
Why? << hear, almost sounds like Vy.

Side question: The U being a vowel, which, when put together makes for a consonant, what other vowels can you couple, and what (new) consonant does that make?

Topics: sound, letters, V, u, appearance, vowels, w, double U, consonants